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we had second place, for texas in terms of technology innovation. it was the third and lowest cost of living in having just come back from texas, i must say that the tex-mex was pretty cheap among other terms, shopping extremely cheap. the workforce improved to seventh best in the country from 14th last year. access to capital was down a little bit, but also worth noting, the economy was extremely strong with a aaa bond rating and a stable outlook of the runners up, of course, were utah and virginia. >> interesting. karen, thanks. >>> still ahead on "way too early," highlights from a baseball blowout in the all-star game last night. we'll have the highlights and break down by everyone was wearing mismatched uniforms. what was up with that? >>> plus -- the drama is building for the olympic games in london after the work ethic of gold medalist swimmer michael phelps is called into question by one of his own teammates. that story and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. >>> tshg is highly sig karnt, that you, mrs. president, a whit
we had second place, for texas in terms of technology innovation. it was the third and lowest cost of living in having just come back from texas, i must say that the tex-mex was pretty cheap among other terms, shopping extremely cheap. the workforce improved to seventh best in the country from 14th last year. access to capital was down a little bit, but also worth noting, the economy was extremely strong with a aaa bond rating and a stable outlook of the runners up, of course, were utah and...
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would have been horrible advice if someone gave it to him to go into the naacp convention in houston texas and then criticize president obama. it was obvious that they have differences or they wouldn't have been running against each other. so you leave that out and you speak. i thought that the end of his speech was very, very powerful. but i think that with an african-american audience, he missed out on an opportunity to talk about many of the things that matter in a way that the audience could accept. for example, the whole charter school issue. we have charter schools all over the country. but when you talk about closing the charter schools, i mean, making everybody open to going to a charter school, it means the end, i think, to public schools. and the problem with charter schools is that there are some students you can turn away. in the public schools you have to accept everyone. so when you go to a black audience and create that idea that some students might end up being turned away is not going to play well. >> you know, congressman, another issue that he brought up that did not get
would have been horrible advice if someone gave it to him to go into the naacp convention in houston texas and then criticize president obama. it was obvious that they have differences or they wouldn't have been running against each other. so you leave that out and you speak. i thought that the end of his speech was very, very powerful. but i think that with an african-american audience, he missed out on an opportunity to talk about many of the things that matter in a way that the audience...
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there are now five republican governors, texas, south carolina, louisiana, who have said that they're not going to take florida, who are saying they're not going to take the medicaid money. politico added it up and we found this means one in five of the people who would have been eligible for additional coverage under obamacare, now are not. there's a bunch more governors still looking at it. >> what's the justification? for opting out? >> they're saying we've been given the chance by the supreme court to get free one thing from washington, we're going to do it virginia governor bob mcdonnell is thinking about it. another big state -- >> you could potentially have 26 governors, democrats say that won't happen -- >> what does that mean? >> it's half the country would not be buying in. you know, theoretically the whole thing works because of scale and if you don't have the size of people getting into those exchanges air got a real problem. >> they were counting on those states, all states, participating so when you had the 26 states sue, and then win on that point, on the medicaid point
there are now five republican governors, texas, south carolina, louisiana, who have said that they're not going to take florida, who are saying they're not going to take the medicaid money. politico added it up and we found this means one in five of the people who would have been eligible for additional coverage under obamacare, now are not. there's a bunch more governors still looking at it. >> what's the justification? for opting out? >> they're saying we've been given the chance...
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six of these closed border stations would be in texas. interestingly enough. parts of west texas, local sheriffs, the local law enforcement that captures folks, coming into the united states illegally like drug cartels, now they have these people that have no place to put them, what are they supposed to do? call somebody to come get them and wait for hours? there are no resources for us to turn those people that are captured by local on enforcement over to the federal government if the federal government is not fair. there. it doesn't make a lot of sense to border patrol agents on these areas of the state and put them somewhere else. megyn: they say this is where the savings of about $1.3 million a year when they close these nine or 10 posts. they are saying that they are redeploying and reallocating resources at or near the border. do you know for a fact, congressman, whether they will take that and move the staff down closer to the mexican border? or are these positions being eliminated when i. >> know, we don't know, we hear the rhetoric from the white hous
six of these closed border stations would be in texas. interestingly enough. parts of west texas, local sheriffs, the local law enforcement that captures folks, coming into the united states illegally like drug cartels, now they have these people that have no place to put them, what are they supposed to do? call somebody to come get them and wait for hours? there are no resources for us to turn those people that are captured by local on enforcement over to the federal government if the federal...
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. >> are you from texas? >> if you don't like lonesome dove, you're in trouble. >> you might have to switch spots today. >> i was going to say lethal weapon but everybody says that, right? >> our "starting point" this morning, breaking news, hazmat crews are on the scene. a spectacular fire, taking place in ohio. a train was pulling several tankers derailed just before 2:00 this morning. the accident happened in the north end of columbus, which is near ohio state university and the ohio state fairgrounds, the explosion and flames could be seen and felt for miles. everyone within a mile of that scene has been ordered to leave their homes because police believe some of those tankers are hauling sulphur. they are worried what could happen to the people and residences nearby. it's a dangerous situation there right now. >>> other big story is on capitol hill. health care reform is front and center as republicans are voting today to try to repeal, try being the operative word there because anybody can tell you it's
. >> are you from texas? >> if you don't like lonesome dove, you're in trouble. >> you might have to switch spots today. >> i was going to say lethal weapon but everybody says that, right? >> our "starting point" this morning, breaking news, hazmat crews are on the scene. a spectacular fire, taking place in ohio. a train was pulling several tankers derailed just before 2:00 this morning. the accident happened in the north end of columbus, which is near...